Vehicle-wheel.



Y no. 860,363.-

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

` To all whom. 'it 'mayconcern.- Y Be it. known that I, .Tous HORACE Fonnns'r,a citizen of the United States, and a resident-of Marion, in the' countyof Giantand Slate of Indiana, have invented 'a newand useful Improvement inV(.^hicle-Whecls, of which the following is aiull, clear, .and exact description. Y y

The purpose yof the invention is to provide a pneu;

. matic or cushioned vehicle wheel, especially designed for automobiles but which is equally serviceable wher- 'l ever a supporting or traction'wheel isneedcd, and to so support the wheel that. it will bo simple, dumbleand `v Jenn HORACE FoRREsT', o1 MARION, ummm, Assioma' or f t f ronmcsr, 'or Mimes, mnu-NA.

.y Specification of Letters: Patent'. 'Application Sled' Junel, 1906i Serial No.k *319,719.A

i economic and so thaty the pneumatic tube, or other l through the wheel; and Fig. 3,is a central section at their central portions cushion employed, will be removed fromthe tread of the wheel and `thoroughly protected against youtside interference i f y l A further purpose of the invention is to provide a.

{wheel of the character described lwhich may bel pro vided with a metal or solid tire, covered or uncovered with yielding materiaband which will be askbuoyant.

if not more so than when the ordinary pneumatic tire is employed, and wherein at the same time the cushion cannot be puncturcd.

-Thejpvention consists in the novel construction and combination of 'the several parts,l aswill be hereinafter fully set fori-fiend pointed out. in the claims. i Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings kforming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figuregl` is a side elevation of parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a .central section through a slightly modified form of the wheel. l

The wheel comprises practically a hub section A,a body section B and an interposed cushion C.' 4The hub V s ection A consists of opposing disk members 1,0 andlll the improved wheel,

suitably bored and extcriorly enlarged and `finished to produce bearings`12 for the axle 13. f I

Betwecnthe bearings 12 of the hub section a periphery of the members 10 andll, registering endless grooves are provided in the inner face of the :nembers so that when said members l() and ll are brought together a circuiar chamber 14 is formed for the reception of the aforesaid cushion (Y, which cushion is by.

' preference inthe form of a pneumatic rubber ring; ybut,

it. may be solid and'under some conditions the` latter -construetion may prove themostserviceablcand effective. the inner faces` of thc members l0 and' Il' are tlat, as is shown at 15 in Figs. 2 and 3, and at such'points the members 10 and 1l are strongly connected by bolts or rivetsl. I l l Between the bearings 12 andv the chamber i4.

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Patented .nay 1e, 1907.

I their peripheries and the chamberl4 as to provide an the annularchamoerH and receivesl thc body section Y B o the wheel.. Thesaid body section Il has a central circular opening 1S of sufiicient. diameter to permit the lwall ot' the ,opening tobear or rest upon the exposed hub section A, adapted for the reception of a hydraulic or other packing, so as to render the connection between the sections A and B dust andwaterptrobi'. 'lhe bodyl section B yextends as. far as may be desirtdlleyond the hub section A and is provided atits outer edge with a tire 20, which may be integral with the body section or lattached tht-reto, and 'said tire may be constructed of metal or o wood, orof a ctmtpositifm, as may likewise be thc entire wheel, and the tire if found desirable may be covered with a Soft. or yielding material. t

tion ofthe body section l) contained between tllelneuiare radially anangcd and niaybc ot' any required number, four being usually dedmed sntlicient; 'lhe open-` ings are also prcfcmblyan equal distance apart. ('onnccting bolts Z2 are passed through thc hub members 10 and l] andthrough the openings 2l in the body section nuts 23, andthe said nuts arotightcned sufliciently to t-hc body section li. (lne of' the mcmlwrsfofthe hub section A is provided withan aperture through which he valve 24 for the cushion y pneumatic. 1 l When the wheel isnt. rest. with the tubef'or cushion t fully inflated,` the bolts 22 are near-thc cen'lers of the opcnihgstll. but when thc wheel is in motionlheymovc toward the walls oPthe said opening. -tube takes up the burden oflhc jar, but in the event.-` tluvfriction ofthe tnbc isinsullicienl tostand'tlwstrain thcsaid vroller boltswill tmvclvurottnd thc said openings 2| in said body section I. The pneumatic tube t' is heavily reinforced at the point -wheredtccn vthelmdy section l. y i

[dt-sire it to he undcrsttmd that. l do not. restrict my- Thermembers iQand llfoi'the hub section A are so 55 reduced in thickness and are so'constructed ,betweenV annular spaced? the inner `walls whereof are straight' and'smooth. The annular space T7 communicates with Opposing grmves i9 are'rnade inthe inner faces of the A seriesof circularopcnings2l is provided in that porl bers mand lland the hub section A, The openings 2l li, which bolts act. as roller bearings and are `tllyierel'ore "termed nr'llor bolts. The bolts 22 are provided with i90 draw the hub liu-,rubensl togcthcr, but without. pinching kextends hensaid cushimn95l f The pneumatic 100 gages with L105 self to any partiel-tlm' matorialinthe construction ofthe v 

